Privacy policy

Last updated 10 November 2026. Applies to DeVeil version 1.x.

DeVeil is a Chrome extension that hides YouTube videos you choose not to see. It works entirely on your device. This page says what it reads, what it keeps, and what it never does.

The short version

DeVeil does not send anything off your device. It has no account, no server, no analytics, no advertising and no third-party services or trackers. We (the DeVeil developers) receive no data about you or your use of the extension.

What DeVeil reads

On the YouTube home page, search results and video pages, DeVeil reads the title and channel name of each video card in your open tab, and compares them with the words and channels you chose. It does this inside the page. The titles and channel names it reads are not saved and not sent anywhere.

What DeVeil keeps on your device

These are stored in the browser's extension storage on your device only (they are not synced to your Google account):

• Your filters: each filter's name, words, channels, exceptions, and when it ends or whether it is paused.
• Your Focus list of words and channels.
• Your settings: theme, default filter length, which switches are on, and any phrases or channels you added to the AI-generated check.
• Daily counts, kept for 90 days: how many videos were checked and how many were hidden, and for which reason or filter. These counts hold no titles, channel names, links or times.

The doom-scroll alert counts your scrolling and videos opened while the tab is open. That count is not saved.

The AI-generated and adult content checks

These are optional, off by default, and run on your device against short word lists. They are best effort and can miss videos or flag some by mistake. No video, title or channel is sent to any service to make these decisions.

Permissions, and why

• storage: to keep your filters, Focus list, settings and counts.
• Access to www.youtube.com and scripting: to read video cards on YouTube and hide the ones you chose, including in tabs that were already open when DeVeil was installed or updated.
• sidePanel: to show DeVeil's panel from the toolbar button.

DeVeil uses these only for that single purpose: hiding the YouTube videos you choose.

Your control

You can edit or delete any filter, clear the daily counts from Settings, and restore every hidden video with one click. Removing the extension deletes everything it stored.

Children

DeVeil is not directed at children and collects nothing from anyone.

Terms

Using DeVeil is also subject to the terms of service.

Changes

If a future version ever handles data differently, this policy will be updated before that version is released, and the extension will ask you first.

Not affiliated with YouTube

DeVeil is an independent extension. It is not affiliated with, endorsed by or sponsored by YouTube or Google. YouTube is a trademark of Google LLC.

Contact

Questions about this policy: support@deveil.app.